Social Media Fact-Check
Social Media has empowered the voiceless, yet, it is often the cesspool of fake news. Read before you believe.
Fact-Check: Viral ‘news clip’ claiming Aamir Khan & Barkha Dutt seeing each other is not related to actor’s latest divorce
A news clip has gone viral with claims that Barkha Dutt and Aamir Khan are in a romantic relationship and that could have been reason behind his divorce with Kiran Rao
Fact Check: No, Gujarat police did not nab Delhi riots accused from an eatery in Bharuch as seen in viral CCTV video
Footage of Gujarat nabbing criminal in Patan shared on social media claiming it to be arrest of Delhi riots accused Siraj Mohammed Anwar
Prashant Bhushan continues propaganda against Covid vaccines, shares misleading report to claim death rate is more among vaccinated people
Prashant Bhushan shared a report that used selective data from UK health report to make misleading claim on death rate in vaccinated people
Dhruv Rathee fans mark YouTuber Karolina Goswami for targeted harassment after she exposed his lies
After Karolina Goswami pointed out the factual errors and mistakes in the Dhruv Rathee video, Rathee's supporters have been harassing and abusing Goswami.
How Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair communalised a petty quarrel and tried to defame ‘Jai Shri Ram’
It must be pointed out that the video of the assault does not contain any audio, which can verify the claim that Saifi was coerced into chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' or 'Ram Ram'
Former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar shares Photoshopped image to attack PM Modi, actively tries to hide real pic
In fact, the image shared by Sircar has been in circulation since 2015 and has been made viral with claims that the lady in the image is Preeti Adani, wife of Gautam Adani.
Did a pet hippo kill and eat his owner six years after he was ‘adopted’ as per viral message? Here are the details
The incident pertains to the tragic death of a farmer from South Africa named Marius Els, who was mauled to death by his pet hippo Humphrey.
Prashant Bhushan tries to spread anti-vaccine propaganda again, but the report he uses shows how vaccines gave over 99% protection
Despite very low fatality rate among vaccinated cops in Uttarakhand, Prashant Bhushan tried to spread anti-vaccine propaganda
Rapper MC Kode goes missing after cryptic Instagram post, viral image of his ‘dead body’ fake
A week after his old rap videos where he used filthy, abusive slurs against Hindus went viral, rapper MC Kode has posted a note in Instagram suggesting that he is contemplating suicide.
Will ‘negative post’ on PM and ‘religion’ on WhatsApp invite prosecution by cybercrime dept? Viral message is hilariously fake
Viral message claims that government will now monitor social media and phone calls under the 'new communication rules'
